H. Hiller & Co. v. Jones

Citations

• 66 Miss. 636

Syllabus

<p>1. Deed. Registration. Consideration. Recital of payment. Prima facie true. Innocent purchaser.</p> <p>In a conveyance of land duly recorded the recital of payment of the consideration is to be taken as prima facie true, and the deed itself is competent evidence of such payment. A purchaser from the vendee may rely upon the truth of the recital, and it devolves upon one who questions his title to show that he had notice of facts inconsistent with the statements in the recorded deed.</p> <p>2. Notice. Possession under secret unrecorded deed. Subsequent purchaser not affected, when.</p> <p>Possession of land under an unrecorded deed is equivalent to registration while the possession under it lasts. But a purchaser of the land, where the . record shows a good title, is not bound to look beyond the record to a former occupancy of it under a deed of which he is not shown to have had notice.</p>